Lubricating apparatus



A. V. GULLSORG. LUBSiCATlNG APPARATUS. APPLICAHON HLED APR.2!. 1919.

Patented Mar. 9, 1920.

' concerned wit ARTHUR V. GULLBORG, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

LUBRICATING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 9, 1920.

Application filed April 21, 1819. Serial No. 291,777.

7 '0 all whom. it may con/em Be it known that I, ARTHUR V. GULLBORG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Lubricatin Apparatus, of which the following is 1%1111, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

Mv invention relates to improvements in lubricating a )paratus, and is particularly improvements in a paratus of the type disclosed in my copen ing up lications Serial Nos. 216,586 and 267,858,

led February 11, 1918, and December 21, 1918, respectively.

In my applications above referred to I have disclosed a grease gun designed to supply lubricant under exceedingly high pressure, said grease gun being provided with a discharge conduit, and a coupling member designed to be attached to a bearing to be lubricated, the discharge grease gun and the coupling member being provided with co-acting means for securing these members together so that lubricant can be forced throu h the coupling member into the bearing um er very high pressure. My present invention relates to certain improvements in the coup ing member disclosed in the above mentioned application.

In applying my coupling members to ale tomobiles and similar apparatus, the coupling members are sometimes so located as to be exposed to dust andfmud, and injury from accidental blows. If dust or mud accumulates on the ends of the coupling members, it is likely to be forced into the. bearings when the lubricant is suppled thereto, and where the coupling members are positioned so as to'be exposed to injury, the closures for the same or the seats for the closures may become deformed so as not to completely close the coupling member when the grease gun is detached therefrom.

The objectsof my invention are to provide means to obviate the above objections to the structure disclosed in my prior applications; first, by providing means for excluding dust and dirt from the end of the coupling member which makes contact with the discharge conduit of the grease gun; second, by pro viding means for protecting the closure and conduit of saidthe seat for the closure from injury; and third, by "providing means of the character described, which is simple in construction, economical to manufacture, and easily attached to or detached from the coupling member.

These and other objects I accomplish by means of the structures disclosed in the accoi-npanying drawings, in which- F igure 1 is a side elevation of a coupling such as that disclosed in my coending applications above referred to, s novel cap applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but taken at right angles thereto;

Fig 3 is a. longitudinal section through a coup in member and m im roved means for exc uding dust and dirt therefrom, the latter bein shown separated from the coupling mom er;

Figs. 4 and 5 are views corresponding to Figs. 1 and 2, showing a modified form of my invention; and

Fig. 6 is a central longitudinal section through the tubular member and the modified form of my invention showingthe latter up lied to the coupling member.

n the various views similar reference characters refer to similar parts.

Referring to the drawings, and for the present to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, which disclose the preferred embodiment of my invention, the reference character 10 indicates a tubular coupling member adapted to be c0nnected with a bearing and serving to connect the discharge conduit of a grease gun with a hearing, as described in my co-pending applications above referred to. The up per end of the coupling member is flanged inward], as shown at 11, to provide an intake port and a seat for the capsule shaped closure 12. A pin 13 extends through the walls of the coupling member and projects from both sides thereof to provide means for establishing a detachable connection between the coupling member and the discharge conduit of a; grease gun, such as that disclosed in my above mentioned applications. A coiled sprin 14 is interposed between the pin 13 one the closure 12, and tends to maintain the latter in its closed 0- sition. The particularclosure herein escribcd is illustrated and claimed in my applicaticn Serial'No. 267,858 above referred owing my wardly may be easily removed from to. It will he noted that it is made of comparatively thin metal, and it will therefore J clear that comparatively slight blows upon the outer end of this closure form it to such an extent as to render t unsuitable for the purpose for which it is designed.

In order to protect this closure jury and also to prevent dust and accumulating thereon, and ing forced into the hearing, I provide a cap, which compi'ises a to) portion and a flange portion 10. 1 eyiole openings are formed in the flange of said cap diametrically opposite from each other, the slots 17 of the (eyhole openin s having a wi slightly less than the riameter of the pin 13. These slots open through the ed e of the flange, t io sides of tie slots iein curred away from each other, as indicator at H to provide guiding surfaces for expediting the engagement of the slots with the pins 13. The circular portions 19 of the keyhole openings are sligitly larger in di- :nneter than the pin 13. Located substan tially the keyhole openings, on each side of the cap, is a smaller slot 20. keyhole openings and the slots provide spring tongues which permit the sides of the ca to s ring slightly when the cap is pusied (ownfrom the osition shown in Fig. 3 to the positionfwhieh it occupies in Figs. 1 and 2', so as to allow the ends of the pin 13 to pass through the slots 17. As soon as the ends of the pin 13 are positioned in the openings 19, the edges of the slots 17 are urged toward each other, due to the resiliency of the spring tongues, and provide ielding means or holding the cap upon the coupling member 10 The to) of the cap isprovided with a central 0 set portion 21, which receives the top of the pie sure 12, this portion bein r surrounded by an annular shoulder 22, which prevents the cap from being forced onto the coupling member so far as to cause the closure 12 to he opened. The flan o 16 is headed outwardly, as shown at 16 to provide means for forming afinger hold, so that the cap the tubular from indirt from member. i

In the modified form of in invention disclosed in Figs. 4, 5 and ('1, t e flange of the cap is'pro'vided with a plurality of slots 17' arrangal in. oppositely dispose pairs, which form a plurality of spring tongues 23. The slots 17' are all of suflicicnt width to receive the ends of the'pins 13. The free ends of the tongues 23 are provided with inwardly extending beads 24, so positioned that when the cap is placed upon the coupling member 19, they spring inwardly and engage the sides of an annular groove 25 formed in the outer wall of the coupling subsequently-be member 10. I thus provide means for yieldingly holding the cap upon the coupling member.

It will he noted that the cap disclosed in this modification is provided with a recess 36 in the top thereof, to provide a space for receiving the end of the closure 12, and is lik'ewise [n'ovided with an annular shoulder '22, which will prevent the cap from being forced downwardly sufiiciently to open the closure 12. I also provide this modification with a bcad 1(3'to facilitate the removal of the cap.

It will he noted that in both modifications the lower edge of the flange is outare wardly, as shown at in Fig. 3, and 30' in F1 .(i. This provides means for easily bringing the caps into registry with the ends of the coupling members.

While I have illustrated and described the details of the preferred embodiments o' my invention, it is to be understood that my invention is not to be limited to these dctails, but is capable of other modifier tions within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. The combination with a tubular coupling member having one end flanged over to provide a seat, a spring pressed closure for said seat, and a pin projecting from one side thereof, of'a cap comprising top and flange portions, said flange portion having a keyhole opening formed in the flan e thereof to receive said pin, a portion of tie slot. of said opening )eing of less width than said pin, and opening through the edge of said flange, the circular portion of said openin being larger than said pin, said flange eing formed of elastic material, and the top of said cap heing provide with means for preventing it from coming into ontact with said closure.

2. The combination with a tubular cou pling member having a pin projecting from one side thereof, of a cap comprising top and flange portions, said flange portion having a keyhole opening formed in the flange thereof to receive said pin, a portion of the slot of said opening being of less width than said pin, and opening through the ed 0 of said flange. the circular portion of suit opening hein largea than said pin, said flange being ormed of elastic material.

3. The combination with a tubcar member,having an end provided with an inlet port, and a pin projecting thereof, of a cap top and flange tion being provided with an opening for receiving said pin, and means for yieldingly holding said pin in said opening.

for said and, comprising 4. 'lhe combination with a tilbular con-' from one s de' portions, the said flange pore ling member having an and provided vith an intake opening and a closure for oaid intake opening, ot a (up for said opening, havin a spring tongue, and coacting means 6 on said couplin member and said spring" ton e for yiel' ingly holding said cap on sai coupling member, the said coupling member and cap being provided with c0- acting IHBZUIS for preventing said cap from contacting with said closure.

In Witness whereof 1 lmrvunto subsvribo my name this 16 day of April, 1919.

ARTHUR V. GULLBORG. Witnesses:

JOHN L. STEFFEN, G110. P. ADAMS. 

